Receptacle-frame.



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RECEPTACLE FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-3 |915- Panted Apr. 17, 1917.

Inventor' FRA NK LR/:NDOLPH Jo rin e3.

FRANK LEE RANDOLPH, or Los ANGELES, cALiironiwiii.l V

Application led August 3, 1915. Serial No. 43,382.

To all whom' t 'may concern.'

' Be it known that I, FRANK LEE RANDOLPH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county'of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Re ceptacle-Frames, of which the following is a specification. Y

This Iinvention relates to improvements in can structures and has particular relation,

to a frameor protecting means for any can or receptacle.

'It is an object of the invention tov providey a can holding and protecting frame whichl will be adapted to receive especially constructed cans, or receptaclesv of the usual or ordinary stock can or receptacle type as found upon the market.

It is alsoV an object of the invention to provide a garbage or other can frame having an upper supporting portion upon whichv the can or receptacle may be suspended and a lower base portion, the upper and lower portions of the device being connected by `longitudinal angular pieces which prevent the denting or injuring of the can and which support the weight of the can when one is suspended within the frame.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a garbage can frame in which a stock can or a specially formed garbage can or receptacle may be suspended from the top of the frame, the'bottom thereof not reaching to the bottom of the frame but being held in place and protected thereby, remove able means being provided for holding the can within the frame at the top.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specication:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the garbage can frame made in accordance with this in# vention with a can in place therein, and a 'cover slightly separated therefrom.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917..

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail view showing themanner of supporting a can within a frameby means of removable bolts.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary detail view show ingthe upper bar of the frame, and the edge of the garbage can and showing a set screw for holding the can in place.

It is the purpose of the present invention to provide a frame within which a receptacle can or refuse holding device may be suspended and be removably held, the frame being especially provided with side slats or bars sufliciently prominent and arranged close enough together to prevent the receptacle from being injured or dented, particularly when thrown against the lside of a wagon in emptying the contents of the receptacle therein, the said stays also affording convenient hand holds in grasping the frame at such a time. While the frame may cally describedV reference being had thereto.l

In the said drawing l indicates a topl bar or ring of a frame, 2 a bottom bar or base ring, while 3 indicates a series of side bars, slats or stays which connect the two bars and support the upper one upon the base. For convenience the bars 1 and 2 are usually made of flat material of annular form as clearly indicated in Fig. 3 and this form of bar usually is suitable for the ordinary can or receptacle. The side stays or upright bars 3 are preferably made of angle iron, the apex of the angle being turned outwardly for offering greater protection to the body of the can. The ends of the side stays are preferably flattened out so as to lit upon the top and basebars land are usually rigidly secured thereto as by the rivets ll.. The said frame is made of suflicient length so that the receptacleV or garbage can suspended therein will not reach to the ground, in fact will fall quite a little short of that point so thatv they base bar or ring will afford ample protection for the bottom portion of the can.

While as above intimated, different kinds of cans may be supported in such a frame,

a canA such as that indicated at-t is adapted:

to fit within the trame and have its lupper edge supported as by means of bolts 5 passed through the upper portion of the can and the supporting band 1. These bolts will prevent the can and trame from becoming separated when the contents of the can are dumped. lt will be evident that a can of this kind can be removed from the said frame and a new one be put in its place simply by taking out the bolts 5 and after the insertion of the newcan putting in new ones. lf desired the handle 9 may be riveted or bolted to the can as at 8 after the can has been placed in the said frame. lf preferred the can may be suspended in the frame by providing the upper edge of the can with an outwardly down turned lange 10, forming an annular hooked portion adapted to lit over and upon the upper edge of the band or ring 1, and support the weight of the can thereon, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing.

1n order to adapt a :trame to all kinds of garbagecans or buckets in ordinary use, the said trame may be provided with a number of set screws 12 as shown in Fig. 7 mounted in screw threaded openings in the upper part or ring of the frame. The inner ends oli' said screws 12 may be somewhat pointed if desired so as to bite upon and grip the can and may be applied so that the usual wire inclosing bead 13 at the upper edge of the can or bucket will engage said set screws and support the can thereon. The biting action of the said screws upon the walls of the can will be sufficient to prevent the can from accidentally falling out of the frame. 1t will be evident that with this form of device the frame can be readily adapted to different styles of garbage receptacles or buckets that may be already on the market and will atord a means to easily exchange one can for another.

As lshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6 the bolts 5 having removable nuts 16 are passed through registering holes in the wall of the can and the upper bar 1 for removably holding the can or receptacle in place. The garbage can structure may be provided with any suitable cover 6 having the usual handle 7, the said cover however being made with a flange of a sufficient diameter to inclose both the upper edge of the garbage can or bucket and the upper bar of the frame.

The greatest advantage is had in the use of the frame, when the side stays or bars are arranged close enough together, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to prevent the side of the can or receptacle within it from striking against obstacles, and especially against the side of a wagon, or the edge of a bin, or other places, as when the receptable is being emptied of its contents into the wagon, etc. It is common through the carelessness of those handling such cans, to have the can struck against the side of the wagon and badly bent or dented thereby. With the angular stays preferably employed by applicant and placed so that the rounded surface oi' the can will be prevented from striking the wagon side, the cans are prevented from in- Jury.

While the said garbage can frame is! usually made with ring shaped bars at the top and bottom one or both of said bars may be made in other forms within the spirit and scope of the pres-ent invention. Such a frame should have at least siX side stays or upright bars and may sometimes have eight or more to advantage. When the trame is made with eight side stays or bars as 17 the base bar of the frame is sometimes made in octagonal form as at 1S, in which instance the bars usually extend to the angular portions ot said base frame, all as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

It the trame is provided with a circular ring at the top and octagonal or angular base, with eight or more side stays connecting the same a strong eective frame is produced which has many advantages in protecting and holding the garbage or other receptacle. A frame with the angular form of side stays illustrated makes a very sti' and strong frame which it is ditiicult to bend inwardly even when the device is dropped 0r a weight is brought to bear upon the said frame.

lt will thus be evident that many of the minor details of construction may be considerably modified without departing in the least from the spirit of this invention.

lt will be evident that flat bars, round bars, T-bars or other angular bars may be employed for the side stays or uprights of the frame within the scope of this invention. Any number of such bars may be also employed, a sufcient number to thoroughly protect the side walls ot' the can against denting and other injury being desirable.

' What is claimed is:

1. A :trame for garbage cans comprising upper and lower members and side protecting stays of angular material, adjustable bolts for supporting and binding garbage cans or receptacles of different diameters within said frame.

2. A separable garbage can structure comprising a frame having an upper suspending band, a lower base frame, angular bars Jforming side stays connecting the said band and base frame, a can, and means for adjustably supporting and removably holding the said can within said frame.

3. A separable garbage can structure comprising a trame having an upper suspending band, a lower base frame, side bars connecting the said band and base frame, a can,

a cover having a flange of sufficient dianieand means for holding a receptacle on said ter to inclose the upper edges of said frame band. l0 and can, and means for adjustably support- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set ing and removably holding the said can -my hand, n presence of tvvo Witnesses. Within said frame. y FRANK LEE RANDOLPH.

4. A receptacle frame having a circular Witnesses: suspending band, a many sided base, side Trios. C. RIDGWAY, bars supporting the said band on said base LENA L. FULLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patients` Washington, D. C. 

